Book Discussions

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A number of books have been added to your professional libraries. (Monett Middle School will get their set on August 30.) We facilitators are starting discussion boards on the books. Find these boards by clicking on the speech bubbles on the upper right corner of this post. We hope you will add to the discussion by sharing what you have found interesting and useful in these texts. Check out the following titles:

a long list of professional development titles

The Core Six: Essential Strategies for Achieving Excellence with the Common Core
  • useful for literacy strategies--reading, writing, and thinking--for any content area

Write Like This: Teaching Real-world Writing Through Modeling & Mentor Texts by Kelly Gallagher

Teaching Students to Write Comparison/Contrast Essays

Teaching Students to Write Essays That Define

Because Digital Writing Matters by the National Writing Project

Image Grammar: Teaching Grammar as Part of the Writing Process
Teaching Argument Writing by George Hillocks, Jr.

Texts and Lessons for Content-Area Reading by Harvey Daniels
  • using informational text in the content areas--you'll learn a lot of reading comprehension strategies

Reviving the Essay: How to Teach Structure Without Formula
Supporting Students in a Time of Core Standards--ELA 6-8 and 9-12
  • gives snapshots of how teachers across the country are implementing the Common Core

Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style into Writer's Workshop by Jeff Anderson
Get It Done!: Writing and Analyzing Informational Texts to Make Things Happen by Wilhelm and Smith